{"id":2360,"date":"2011-10-11T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T09:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=2360"},"modified":"2011-10-09T17:35:45","modified_gmt":"2011-10-09T17:35:45","slug":"back-from-the-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/back-from-the-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Back from the Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looks like I missed a whole week on the blog. I apologize for that, but I do have a great \u00ab<\/strong>\u043e\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [excuse]. \u00ab<\/strong>\u0414\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u043e <\/strong>\u0432 <\/strong>\u0442\u043e\u043c\u00bb<\/strong> [The case is] that I had \u00ab<\/strong>\u043e\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0446\u0438\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [a surgery]. As far as surgeries go, it was a minor one. Still, I am still bed-ridden.<\/p>\n

Since I\u2019ve been busy recovering for the last few days, today\u2019s post is all about \u00ab<\/strong>\u043e\u043f\u0435\u0440a<\/span><\/strong>\u0446\u0438\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [surgery] and related things.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with the word \u00ab<\/strong>\u043e\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0446\u0438\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> itself. Its most general meaning is \u201coperation\u201d. So it can cover surgeries, police actions, military deployments, and bank transactions among its many meanings.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u041f\u0430\u0446\u0438\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u0443 \u0442\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u0431\u0443\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0441\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0447\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043e\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0446\u0438\u044f\u00bb<\/strong>[Patient requires immediate surgery] – this is not something you want to hear from your doctor. Thankfully, my surgery was\u00a0\u00ab\u0437\u0430\u043f\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0438<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f\u00bb <\/strong>[planned, scheduled] one although I was given just a couple of days to prepare.<\/p>\n

Of course, unlike the other types of operations, \u00ab<\/strong>\u0445\u0438\u0440\u0443\u0440\u0433\u0438<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f <\/strong>\u043e\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0446\u0438\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [surgical operation] will be done by \u00ab<\/strong>\u0445\u0438\u0440\u0443<\/span>\u0440\u0433\u00bb<\/strong> [a surgeon] in \u00ab<\/strong>\u043e\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0446\u0438\u043e<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f\u00bb <\/strong>[an operating room].<\/p>\n

\u00ab<\/strong>\u041f\u0430\u0446\u0438\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u00bb<\/strong> [patient] will be given some sort of \u00ab<\/strong>\u0430\u043d\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0437\u0438<\/span>\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [anesthesia]. A more commonly used word for \u00ab<\/strong>\u0430\u043d\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0437\u0438<\/span>\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> is \u00ab<\/strong>\u043d\u0430\u0440\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u0437\u00bb<\/strong>. It means the same thing, anesthesia, but shares the root with the word \u00ab<\/strong>\u043d\u0430\u0440\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u043a\u00bb<\/strong> [narcotic]. The specialist who administers anesthesia is \u00ab<\/strong>\u0430\u043d\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0437\u0438\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u043e\u0433\u00bb<\/strong> [anesthesiologist]. Interestingly, \u00ab<\/strong>\u043d\u0430\u0440\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u043e\u0433\u00bb<\/strong> is a specialist who treats drug addictions.<\/p>\n

Now, this was my first surgery ever and I was thrilled to learn that I\u2019d be getting \u00ab<\/strong>\u043e<\/span><\/strong>\u0431\u0449\u0438\u0439 <\/strong>\u043d\u0430\u0440\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u0437\u00bb<\/strong> [general anesthesia] that would carry me through the entire procedure. I was, however, surprised to learn that it would be \u00ab<\/strong>\u0430\u043c\u0431\u0443\u043b\u0430\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u043d\u0430\u044f <\/strong>\u043e\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0446\u0438\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [out-patient surgery] which meant I\u2019d be sent home that very same day. \u00a0I sort of counted on this being \u00ab<\/strong>\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u043d\u0430\u044f <\/strong>\u043e\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0446\u0438\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [in-patient surgery] requiring a short stay at a hospital under constant care of \u00ab<\/strong>\u043a\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0444\u0438\u0446\u0438<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 <\/strong>\u043c\u0435\u0434\u0438\u0446\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 <\/strong>\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0441\u043e\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u00bb<\/strong> [qualified medical personnel].<\/p>\n

As such, I was released home the same day. Luckily, \u00ab<\/strong>\u043c\u043e\u0438<\/span> <\/strong>\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [my parents] were able to help. Actually, my mom helped and my dad mostly entertained me with stories of how he survived \u00ab<\/strong>\u043e\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0446\u0438\u044f <\/strong>\u043f\u043e <\/strong>\u0443\u0434\u0430\u043b\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044e <\/strong>\u0430\u043f\u043f\u0435\u043d\u0434\u0438\u0446\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [appendectomy surgery] while \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u043e\u0434 <\/strong>\u043c\u0435<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u043d\u044b\u043c <\/strong>\u043d\u0430\u0440\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u0437\u043e\u043c\u00bb<\/strong> [under local anesthesia].<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an interesting medical trivia for you – \u00ab<\/strong>\u041b\u0435\u043e\u043d\u0438<\/span>\u0434 <\/strong>\u0420\u043e\u0433\u043e<\/span>\u0437\u043e\u0432\u00bb<\/strong> [Leonid Rogozov] was the man who performed emergency appendectomy<\/a> on himself in 1961. Reading Rogozov’s own account<\/a> of the procedure made me feel like a total wimp.<\/p>\n

Now, if for some reason you end up having a surgery in a Russian hospital, there are a few words and phrases that you will need, such as<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u0423 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f<\/span> \u0431\u043e\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0442…\u00bb<\/strong> [My \u2026. hurts] – insert the applicable body part, always keeping it in nominative – \u00ab<\/strong>\u0443 <\/strong>\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f<\/span> <\/strong>\u0431\u043e\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0442 <\/strong>\u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [my head hurts], \u00ab<\/strong>\u0443 <\/strong>\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f<\/span> <\/strong>\u0431\u043e\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0442 <\/strong>\u0436\u0438\u0432\u043e<\/span>\u0442\u00bb<\/strong> [my stomach hurts], \u00ab<\/strong>\u0443 <\/strong>\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f<\/span> <\/strong>\u0431\u043e\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0442 <\/strong>\u0441\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0434\u0446\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [my heart hurts].<\/p>\n

In case you forget the Russian word for a particular body part, you can always use the universal \u00ab<\/strong>\u0437\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [here] and a pointing gesture – \u00ab<\/strong>\u0443 <\/strong>\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f<\/span> <\/strong>\u0431\u043e\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0442 <\/strong>\u0437\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [it hurts here].<\/p>\n

If it hurts when you try to do something, the phrase is<\/p>\n

\u00ab<\/strong>\u041c\u043d\u0435 <\/strong>\u0431\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e …\u00bb<\/strong> [It hurts to\u2026] then add infinitive of the verb as in \u00ab<\/strong>\u043c\u043d\u0435 <\/strong>\u0431\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e <\/strong>\u0434\u044b\u0448\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [it hurts to breath], \u00ab<\/strong>\u043c\u043d\u0435 <\/strong>\u0431\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e <\/strong>\u0433\u043b\u043e\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [it hurts to swallow], \u00ab<\/strong>\u043c\u043d\u0435 <\/strong>\u0431\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e <\/strong>\u0441\u0442\u043e\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [it hurts to stand].<\/p>\n

Thankfully, I am not allergic to any drugs. But if you are, make sure your doctor knows right away by saying \u00ab<\/strong>\u0443 <\/strong>\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f<\/span> <\/strong>\u0430\u043b\u043b\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0438<\/span>\u044f <\/strong>\u043d\u0430…\u00bb<\/strong> [I am allergic to\u2026] then the name of the drug. For example, \u00ab<\/strong>\u0443 <\/strong>\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f <\/strong>\u0430\u043b\u043b\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0438<\/span>\u044f <\/strong>\u043d\u0430 <\/strong>\u043f\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0438\u043b\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u00bb<\/strong> [I am allergic to Penicillin].<\/p>\n

Some other useful words are<\/p>\n

\u00ab<\/strong>\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u043f\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> – IV drip<\/p>\n

\u00ab<\/strong>\u0440\u0435\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0446\u0438\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> – intensive care unit<\/p>\n

\u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u0430\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> – patient\u2019s room (this can be either private or shared)<\/p>\n

\u00ab<\/strong>\u0443\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u00bb<\/strong> – injection<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0442\u0438\u0432\u043e\u043f\u043e\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> – counter-indication<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u0441\u0438\u043c\u043f\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u043c\u00bb<\/strong> – symptom<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u0436\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u043e\u0431\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> – complaint<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u0431\u043e\u043b\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> – pain<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u044f \u0431\u043e\u043b\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> – sharp pain<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u0442\u0443\u043f\u0430<\/span>\u044f \u0431\u043e\u043b\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> – dull pain<\/p>\n

\u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u0440\u0438<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f\u00bb<\/strong> – onset, bout<\/p>\n

\u00ab<\/strong>\u0432\u0440\u0430\u0447\u00bb<\/strong> – doctor<\/p>\n

\u00ab<\/strong>\u043c\u0435\u0434\u0431\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u00bb, \u00ab<\/strong>\u043c\u0435\u0434\u0441\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> – nurse, paramedic<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u043f\u043e\u0431\u043e<\/span>\u0447\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u044d\u0444\u0444\u0435<\/span>\u043a\u0442\u00bb<\/strong> – side effect<\/p>\n

Hopefully this post will be of no use to you whatsoever. But being prepared is not a bad thing, right? What words and phrases would be the most useful to know in the event of medical emergency?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looks like I missed a whole week on the blog. I apologize for that, but I do have a great \u00ab\u043e\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435\u00bb [excuse]. \u00ab\u0414\u0435\u043b\u043e \u0432 \u0442\u043e\u043c\u00bb [The case is] that I had \u00ab\u043e\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044f\u00bb [a surgery]. As far as surgeries go, it was a minor one. Still, I am still bed-ridden. Since I\u2019ve been busy recovering for…<\/p>\n

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